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E. ISAKSON.

` GAME.

ARLICATION FILED NOV- 2l. |9l8. 1,303,204. Patented May 6, 1919.

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GAME. APPLICATION FILE NOV. 2l. 15H8.

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EMIL ISAKSON, `O ANACONDA, MONTANA.

GAME'.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 6, 1919.

Application iled November 21, 1918. Serial No. 263,606.

To all whom t may concer/n:

Be it known that I, EMIL lsAKsoN, a citi.- zen of the United States,residing at Anaconda., in the county of Deerlodge and State haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Games, of which the followingAis a specification.

This invention relates to amusement devices, particularly to games, andhas for its objectl the provision of a game board the construction ofwhich is based upon the elements constituting the flag of the UnitedStates, and which has' inscribed thereon a course divided intoforty-eight steps corre sponding to the number ofstars in the flag, thiscourse having inscribed thereon at intervals the representation of aflag, the stepsso marked constituting safety zones, the board beingprovided inwardly of the course with a plurality of pockets bearingnumbers corresponding to the number of stripes in the flag and being'provided centrally of all thepockets with a plunger provided withactuating means whereby it may be moved to eXpel a ball from a socket sothat the ball may fall into one of the pockets in order to ascertain howmany steps should be taken by a player.

An important object is the provision of a game of this character which'will be comparatively simple andinexpensive in manufacture, amusing andinstructive in use, and a general improvement of the art.

=VVith the above andother objects and advantages in view, theinventionconsists in the details of construction to be hereinafter morefully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawingin which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view.

Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view and Fig. 4: is a detail sectional view.

Referring' more particularly to they drawings the numeral 5 designatesthe board which is preferably rectangular in shape and which maybe'formed of any 'suitable material such as wood, cardboard, or metal.ing from the center of the board5 is a cylindrical projection 6k havinga' frustoconical upper surface and provided centrally with a cylindricalhole 7 Slidable within the hole 7 is a plunger 8 provided at its lowerend with an enlarged head 9 and having disposed thereabout a coiledspring 10 bearing against the underside of Ris-l the board 5 and againstthe upper face of the head' 9. Disposed upon the underside of the board5 and radiating from the plunger 8, is a plurality of arms 11 which arepivotally connected with the board 5 by means of staples 12 secured uponthe underside of the board and engaging within notches 13 at theundersides of the arms. At their outer ends, the arms 11 have securedthereto upstanding pins 14: which eX- tend upwardly through the board 5and which are provided upon their extremities with heads 15. rlhe innerends of all the arms 11 are beveled as shown at 16 so as to haveinterfitting engagement with each other beneath the head 9. The tensionof the spring 10 urges the lhead 9 downwardly which holds the inner endsof the arms 11 depressed so that the pins 14 will be in their highestpositions.V In playing the game, use is made of a ball 17 which isdisposable within the hole 7 in engagement with the upper end of theplunger 8.

Disposed in concentric relation to the projection 6 is a iiange 18rising upwardly from the upper surface of the board 5 and disposedbetween the projection 6 and the flange 18 are radially extending strips19, fourteen in number. The provision of the strips 19 divides the spacebetween the projectiony 6 and flange 18 into fourteen pockets 20 thealternate ones of which are preferably differently colored for the sakeof ornamentation. One pocket 21 bears the representation of a flag for apurpose to be hereinafter described. The frusto-conical upper surface ofthe projection 6 has inscribed thereon a series of numbers running from1 to 18 disposed opposite the pockets 20 as shown, the space oppositethe pocket 21 being un-numbered, though understood to be 14. Theprovision of the thirteen ordinary pockets harmonizes with the provisionof thirteen stripes in the flag. The upper surface of the board 5between the flange 18 and the projection 6 is formed preferablyfrusto-conical so that when the gaine is played the ball 17 may positionitself adjacent the flange 18.

Inscribed upon the surface of the board 5 in encircling relation to theflange 18, is a course 22 divided into different steps or spaces 23. Thecourse 22 is preferably of a blue color in accordance with the bluefield of the flag and the different spaces are marked off by preferablyred lines, harmonizing with the red stripes of the flag. Furthermore,each space 23 bears a white star as further carrying out the idea of aflag. Every twelfth space bears red, white, and blue stripes todistinguish it from the remaining spaces, these special spaces beingdesignated by the numeral 21 and representing safety zones. Adjacenteach of the spaces 24: the surface of the board is inscribed with theword Safety.

At one side of the board, preferably at a point O from the pocket 21,the course 22 is provided with a relatively large space 25 adjacentwhich the word Home7 is inscribed upon the surface of the board. Thisrelatively large space 25 is also provided with red, white and bluestripes but is not provided with the representation of a star.

At one side of the board preferably opposite the space 25, the course isprovided with another relatively large space 26, provided with red,white and blue stripes, and bearing the representation of thirteen whitestars arranged in a circle, this space representing the flag in theearly days.

In playing the game, each player is provided with a checker or any otherpreferred form of man which may be the representation of a soldier ifdesired. The player having the first turn places the ball 17 within thehole 7 and then depresses any one of the heads 15, whereupon theassociated arm 11 will be swung upon its pivoting staple 12 so that its`inner end will be moved upwardly, moving the plunger 8 upwardly withinthe hole 7 against the resistance of the spring 10. The ball 17 willthen be moved upwardly above the top of the cylindrical projection 6 andwill roll off the end of the plunger 8 onto the frusto-conical surfaceof the projection from which it will drop into one of the pockets 20 or21. The player is then entitled to move his checker or other counteralong the course 22 st arting at one side of the large space 25, thenumber of steps or spaces corresponding to the number of the pockets inwhich the ball falls. If a player on his first turn, gets 12, or if theball 17 falls in the pocket 21 he will place his counter upon the firstspace 24 indicating safety. If on his first turn the ball falls into thepocket numbered 13 he cannot play as he cannot pass the safety zone.Each player takes his turn in exactly the same manner until the entirecourse has been traversed and the one whose counter first reaches thespace 25 indicating home wins the game. If any players counter is on anyof the ordinary spaces 22 and another player gets a number which wouldplace his counter on the same space the counter previously occupying thespace is sent back and must start over. If however any counter is on oneof these special spaces 241- indicating safety it cannot be sent back tostart over as any number of counters may occupy these safety spaces. Atall times it is not permitted that any pla-yer pass over the safetyspace 211 unless he gets the exact number which added to his previousnumbers will entitle him to occupy a safety space, or unless the ballrolls into the pocket 21 designating the flag.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will beapparent that I have thus providedy a very inexpensive and simple gameboard upon which any desired number of players may play and which is soconstructed as to harmonize with the elements of the flag of the UnitedStates. It will of course be apparent that the game Will be veryentertaining and amusing t'o those using it.

While I have shown and describedy the preferred embodiment of theinvention it will of course be readily understood that I reserve theright to make various minor changes in details of construction such aswill not depart from the spirit of the invention nor the scope of thesubjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention I claim 1. A game board having aplaying surface having inscribed thereon a course divided into aplurality of spaces, a cylindrical projection rising from the center ofthe playing surface and having its upper surface frusto-conical, saidcylindrical projection being provided with a hole, a plunger slidablydisposed within said hole, means for moving said plunger upwardly toexpel a ball placed within said hole, a flange rising from said playingsurface concentrically of said cylindrical projection, and a pluralityof radially disposed strips extending between said projection and saidflange, and defining a plurality of pockets, the upper surface of saidcylindrical projection being provided with numerals adjacent saidpockets.

2. A game board lia-ving a playing surface inscribed with a coursedivided into a plurality of spaces representing the number of stars inthe flag of the United States, certain of said spaces being inscribedwith stripes of different colors representing the colors in the Americanflag, said last inentioned spaces indicating safety zones, a cylindricalprojection rising centrally from said playing surface and provided witha hole, a ball disposable within said hole, a plunger within said hole,means for moving said plunger to expel said ball, a cylindrical flangerising from said playing surface concentrically of said projection, anda plurality of radially extending strips disposed between saidprojection and said flange and defining a plurality of pocketscorresponding to the number of stripes in the iag and an auxiliarypocket bearing the representation of a Hag, said cylindrical projectionbeing inscribed with numerals arranged in sequence and corresponding tosaid first named pockets.

3. A game board having a playing surface having a course inscribedthereon, a cylindrical projection rising from the center of said playingsurface and provided With a cylindrical hole, the upper surface of saidcylindrical projection being truste-conical, a plunger slidably mountedWithin said hole, an enlarged head on the lower end of said plunger, aspring encircling said plunger and abutting against the lower surface ofthe board and against said head, a plurality of arms pivoted upon theunderside oi' the board in radial relation to said plunger, upstandingpins on the outer ends of said arms extending through the board andprovided at their outer extremities With finger engaging'heads, theinner ends of said arms being beveled to engage one another ininteritting relation belovv said head, a ball disposable Within saidhole and eXpellable therefrom by movement of said plunger, the playingsurface of said board being provided With a plurality lof pocketssurrounding said central projection into Which said ball may fall.

In testlmony Whereo1 I aiiX my signature.

EMIL ISAKSON.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

